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Sunday, January 17, 2016

A Poem by Heather Gelb

Solitary Running
Pounding of shoe against solid ground provides
Consistent background rhythm to
Symphony of thoughts
Dancing in random pairs.
Solitary running . . . . . . . . . moving forward,
Thoughts shift and break away into
A meditative space of
Only the present moment,
Moving with a gentle breeze filled with
Bird Song and the fragrance of
Fallen leaves merging with
Blooms of sunshine sprouting from the earth
Like rays of deep-rooted truth.
A mantra of moving forward,
Stepafterstepafterstepafterstepafterstepafterstepafterstepafterstepafterstep

Heather Gelb often feels like a gazelle leaping from hilltop to hilltop. On one of these hills she recently published her memoir, a spiritual journey from the hills of one land to another: http://www.amazon.com/From-Hilltop-Path-Rwanda-Israel/dp/1937623076 One of her poems based on this book was featured in the fall edition of Poetica Magazine. She has also published stories and poetry in other various publications like Deadsnakes Green Panda Press, Deronda Review, Jellyfish Whispers, Stepping Stones,IJN and Esra Magazine.

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A.J. Huffman has published thirteen full-length poetry collections, fourteen solo poetry chapbooks and one joint poetry chapbook through various small presses. Her most recent releases, The Pyre On Which Tomorrow Burns (Scars Publications), Degeneration (Pink Girl Ink), A Bizarre Burning of Bees (Transcendent Zero Press), and Familiar Illusions (Flutter Press) are now available from their respective publishers. She is a five-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a two-time Best of Net nominee, and has published over 2600 poems in various national and international journals, including Labletter, The James Dickey Review, The Bookends Review, Bone Orchard, Corvus Review, EgoPHobia, and Kritya. She is the founding editor of Kind of a Hurricane Press.